Goal and Scope Definition in Life Cycle Assessment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Curran, Mary Ann (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: LCA Compendium – The Complete World of Life Cycle Assessment,
• Subjects: Environment.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Environmental health.; Ecotoxicology.; Sustainable development.; Environmental Management.; Climate Change.; Environmental Health.; Sustainable Development.

This book describes the importance of the goal and scope phase for the entire LCA study. In this first phase of the LCA framework (ISO standardized), the purpose of the assessment is defined and decisions are made about the details of the industrial system being studied and how the study will be con...

Table of Contents:

• Overview of Goal and Scope Definition in Life Cycle Assessment
• Selection of Impact Categories, Category Indicators and Characterization Models
• Attributional Life Cycle Assessment
• Consequential Life Cycle Assessment
• Goal and Scope Connection to the Interpretation Phase.